east as bumps in the road, the president was minimizing the more ef of ambassador stevens death in benghazi. of course, the president was doing no such thing. he was delicately owning that no revolution or dynamic of overturn autocratic regimes proceeds along a straight line. the trajectory is one of gains and setbacks but one hopes in the long run forward progress toward the type of democratic regimes we hope to see emerge. indeed president obama's speech today at the united nations was an eloquent message on that very topic. the need for that trajectory to proceed in the correct direction the universal value of tolerance and respect for free speech. the president's speech spoke to high-minded principles and the delicacy of diplomacy all at once. mitt romney, on the other hand, has continued to respond with baseless critiques that are more befitting a poorly researched high school debate. the reason the romney campaign at the end of the day is stumbling so seriously is that mitt can't quite figure out what he believes and even if he knew, he wouldn't be able to summon the courage to say it